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Permalink Reply by Diane Leone on December 4, 2009 at 5:44am

I agree Michael. Buy American if at all possible, and buy local when you can. It's a critical time and all Americans need to stick together.

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Permalink Reply by Kate Svagdis on December 6, 2009 at 8:47pm

For years, We will not buy un-American produce, but, now, especially with the CA Delta situation-will not buy or eat unless it's American! Only BUY AMERICAN!

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Permalink Reply by Kate Svagdis on December 6, 2009 at 8:49pm

Farm Bureau Insurance Offices sell American cheeses, meats, frozen fruits and vegetable, nuts, jellies and jams-check out your local office or come to Macclenny's office. Purchases support local and regional farmers.

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Permalink Reply by Roma and Tom Cox on December 8, 2009 at 10:08am

This is an excellent topic. I am a tutor, and there are now over 1 million homeless school children.

Here is an interesting video on the subject: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4094926727128068265#

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Permalink Reply by Roma and Tom Cox on December 12, 2009 at 1:08pm

The Obama administration is warning Congress that if it doesn't move to regulate greenhouse gases, the Environmental Protection Agency will take a "command-and-control" role over the process in a way that could hurt business.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/09/administration-warns-com...

Video: Obama says Cap & Trade will cause utility bills to sky rocket so as to force the American people to...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlTxGHn4sH4&feature=related

Video explaining open borders through immigration"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4094926727128068265#

We have been business owners since 1984. When I tell people that we are offered incentives to hire illegally, and punished when we refuse they find it hard to believe. When I tell people our open border policies are deliberate they find it hard to believe. Yet if the administration would threaten Congress and the economy of this Country to force their addenda, why would they not open borders to force that same addenda of Globalization (better described as Corporatism)

I come from a long line of ranchers. You may recall farmers and ranchers warning us over 20 years about what was happening. We once fed the world, now the world feeds us contaminated food. What is the consequences if we do not grasp the magnitude of what is so obvious.

We are being squeezed from both ends…shipping factories (jobs) out of the country, while importing millions of workers (legal and illegal) annually. Think of the consequences if we do not reverse this. There are now over one million homeless school children in the U.S., and wages are being driven down. It is not the fault of the immigrant (legal or illegal). They are just as much a Victim as the American born worker (and small business owner).

Recently, I was talking to a HP tech support person in Brazil, and we started talking about how factories were moved from the U.S. to Mexico (NAFTA) with the promise that the people would prosper. They sold their farms to build factories, and were grateful for the new jobs. But it was short lived as they closed factories leaving behind polluted land and water, empty factories, and jobless for cheaper labor elsewhere. The technician told me the same thing was happening in Brazil as they went for cheaper labor in India. I told him the same thing happened in the U.S. He was surprised…you see they think these large international corporations are Americans…you and me.

Not that I agree, but some people tell me that globalization (a One World Governing Power) is needed to solve world issues like pollution and world hunger. However they do agree that large corporations (too big to fail) are taking advantage and turning it into Corporatism using cheaper and cheaper labor (even to the extent of slave and child labor) while polluting and destroying farm land and drinking water in their wake (Exxon Valdese is but a tip of the ice burg).

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